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Eighteenth Century Ireland Georgian Ireland
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Author : Desmond Keenan
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2020-10-11
Eighteenth Century Ireland Georgian Ireland written by Desmond Keenan and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-11 with Science categories.
The 18th century tended to be neglected by Irish historians in the 20th century. Irish achievements in the 18th century were largely those of Protestants, so Catholics tended to disregard them. Catholic historians concentrated on the grievances of the Catholics and exaggerated them. The Penal Laws against Catholics were stressed regardless of the fact that most of them affected only a small number of rich Catholics, the Catholic landowners who had sufficient wealth to raise a regiment of infantry to fight for the Catholic Stuart pretenders. The practice of the Catholic religion was not made illegal. Catholic priests could live openly and have their own chapels and mass-houses. As was the law at the time, the ordinary workers, Catholic or Protestant, had no vote, and so were ignored by the political classes. Nor had they any ambitions in the direction of taking control of the state. If they had local grievances, and in many places they had, especially with regard to rents and tithes, they dealt with them locally, and often brutally, but they were not trying to overthrow the Government. If some of them looked for a French invasion it was in the hope that the French would bring guns and powder to assist them in their local disputes. It is a peculiarity, as yet unexplained, that most of the Catholic working classes, by the end of the century, had names that reflected their ancestry as minor local chiefs. The question remains where did the descendants of the former workers, the villeins and betaghs go? The answer seems to be that in times of war and famine the members of even the smallest chiefly family stood a better chance of surviving. This would explain the long-standing grievance of the Catholic peasants that they were unjustly deprived of their land. We will perhaps never know the answer to this question. Penal Laws against religious minorities were the norm in Europe. The religion of the state was decided by the king according to the adage cuius regio eius religio (each king decides the state religion for his own kingdom). At the end of the 17th century, the Catholic landowners fought hard for the Catholic James II. But in the 18th century they lost interest and preferred to come to terms with the actually reigning monarch, and became Protestants to retain their lands and influence. Unlike in Scotland, support for the Catholic Stuarts remained minimal. Nor was there any attempt to establish in independent kingdom or republic. When such an attempt was made at the very end of the century it was led by Protestant gentlemen in imitation of their American cousins. Ireland in the 18th century was not ruled by a foreign elite like the British raj in India. It was an aristocratic society, like all the other European societies at the time. Some of these were descendants of Gaelic chiefs; some were descendants of those who had received grants of confiscated land; some were descendants of the moneylenders who had lent money to improvident Gaelic chiefs. Together these formed the ruling aristocracy who controlled Parliament and made the Irish laws, controlled the army, the judiciary and the executive. Access to this elite was open to any gentleman who was willing to take the oath of allegiance and conform to the state church, the Established Church but not the nonconformists. British kings did not occupy Ireland and impose foreign rule. Ireland had her own Government and elected Parliament. By a decree of King John in the 12th century, the Lordship of Ireland was annexed to the person of the king of England. When not present in Ireland in person, and he rarely was, his powers were exercised by a Lord Lieutenant to whom considerable executive power was given. He presided over the Irish Privy Council which drew up the legislation to be presented to the Irish Parliament. One restraint was imposed on the Irish Parliament. By Poynings’ Law it was not allowed to pass legislation that infringed on the rights of the king or his English Privy Council. The British Parliament had no interest in the internal affairs of Ireland. The Irish Council were free to devise their own legislation and they did so. The events in Irish republican fantasy are examined in detail. The was no major rebellion against alleged British rule. The vast majority of Catholics and Protestants rallied to the support of their lawful Government. The were local uprisings easily suppressed by the local militias and yeomanry. Atrocities were not all on one side. Ireland at last enjoyed a century of peace with no wasteful and destructive wars within its bounds. No longer were its crops burned, its buildings destroyed, its cattle driven off, its population reduced by fever and famine. Its trade was resumed and gradually wealth accumulated and was no longer dispersed on local wars. Gentlemen, as in England, could afford to build great country and town houses. The arts flourished as never before. Skilled masons could build great houses. Stone cutters could carve sculptures. The most delicate mouldings could be applied to ceilings. The theatre flourished. While some gentlemen led the life of wastrels, others devoted themselves to the promotion of agriculture and industry. Everywhere mines were dug to exploit minerals. Ireland had not the same richness of minerals as England, but every effort was made to find and exploit them. Roads were improved, canals dug, rivers deepened, and ports developed. Market towns spread all over Ireland which provided local farmers with outlets for their produce and increased the wealth of the landlords. This wealth was however very unevenly spread. The population was ever increasing and the poor remained miserably poor. In a bad year, hundreds of thousands of the very poor could perish through cold and famine. But the numbers of the very poor kept on growing. Only among the Presbyterians in Ulster was there emigration on any scale. Even before the American Revolution they found a great freedom and greater opportunities in the American colonies. Catholics, were born, lived and died in the same parish. Altogether it was a century of great achievement.
The Georgian Society Records Of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture And Decoration In Dublin
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Author : Georgian Society (Dublin, Ireland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Georgian Society Records Of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture And Decoration In Dublin written by Georgian Society (Dublin, Ireland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Georgian Society
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Author : Georgian Society (Dublin, Ireland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Georgian Society written by Georgian Society (Dublin, Ireland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Architecture, Domestic categories.
The English In Ireland In The Eighteenth Century
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Author : James Anthony Froude
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The English In Ireland In The Eighteenth Century written by James Anthony Froude and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with British categories.
Gentry Life In Georgian Ireland
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Author : Duncan Fraser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-28
Gentry Life In Georgian Ireland written by Duncan Fraser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-28 with History categories.
In this collection of 120 letters, we follow Spencer's sometimes desperate hunt for preferment, making full use of an extended network of patronage which includes, rather surprisingly, a number of Jacobite sympathisers. Along the way he paints a vivid picture of everyday life in eighteenth century rural Ireland.
Records Of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture And Decoration In Dublin
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Author : Georgian Society (Dublin, Ireland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Records Of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture And Decoration In Dublin written by Georgian Society (Dublin, Ireland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Architecture, Domestic categories.
A History Of Ireland In The Eighteenth Century
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Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
A History Of Ireland In The Eighteenth Century written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Ireland categories.
The First Irish Cities
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Author : David Dickson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-08
The First Irish Cities written by David Dickson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with History categories.
The untold story of a group of Irish cities and their remarkable development before the age of industrialization A backward corner of Europe in 1600, Ireland was transformed during the following centuries. This was most evident in the rise of its cities, notably Dublin and Cork. David Dickson explores ten urban centers and their patterns of physical, social, and cultural evolution, relating this to the legacies of a violent past, and he reflects on their subsequent partial eclipse. Beautifully illustrated, this account reveals how the country’s cities were distinctive and—through the Irish diaspora—influential beyond Ireland’s shores.
Georgian Mansions In Ireland With Some Account Of The Evolution Of Georgian Architecture And Decoration
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Author : Thomas Ulick Sadlier
language : en
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
Release Date : 1915-01-01
Georgian Mansions In Ireland With Some Account Of The Evolution Of Georgian Architecture And Decoration written by Thomas Ulick Sadlier and has been published by Dalcassian Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915-01-01 with categories.
A History Of Ireland In The Eighteenth Century
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Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
A History Of Ireland In The Eighteenth Century written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with categories.